MPC holds the repo rate steady: a pause for stability—but what does it mean for the property market?
Nedbank’s head of home ownership, JP Viljoen, shares what the unchanged repo rate means for the property market.
Nedbank’s head of home ownership, JP Viljoen, shares what the unchanged repo rate means for the property market.
Recent data shows that most South Africans cannot afford to purchase their own homes. What are buyers earning, what does property cost, how can the gap be breached?
Rental property managers have been asked to do more with less for far too long. Here is how WeconnectU’s Rental Asset Management ecosystem is a game changer.
We’re condensing the results of recently released key reports, the Q4 2024 Rode Report (or #RR24q4) and the PayProp Rental Index Q4 2024, for your convenience. The key takeout from both? Things are looking up (perhaps not as much as hoped for, but up nonetheless).
Short-term rentals are coming under fire, especially in tourism hotspots like Cape Town with a possible new tax and regulations being formulated.
Agents looking to tap into markets that have real potential for sales need to take a serious look at the retirement market; of the country’s 5.45 million residential properties (excluding social housing), approximately one-third are owned by the 60+ year-old market.
After three consecutive rate cuts, the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee decided to maintain the repo rate at 7.5% last week. What does this bode for residential real estate? It’s not as bad as you might think.
Our residential property market has turned a corner – an analysis by BetterBond reveals an improvement in nearly all key indicators of housing market activity.
Find out how the Budget Speech stands to affect local real estate – we’ve broken it down into the good, the bad, and included several questions from industry leaders.
The March BetterBond Property Brief reveals that the average deposit required for home purchases declined by 6.8% year-on-year, making homeownership more accessible.